TP-Link Archer BE24000 Quad-Band WiFi 7 Router (Archer BE900) with Dual 10 Gbps Multi-Gig Ethernet Ports and LED Touch Screen,12 High Performance Antennas, VPN Supported.

This router completely transformed my home network. Setup through the TP-Link app was very straightforward—plug it in, follow the prompts, and I had my main network, guest network, and basic security settings configured in just a few minutes. The interface is clean enough for non-techy users but still has plenty of advanced options if you want to tweak channels, bands, or QoS. Performance-wise, it’s a beast. WiFi coverage is strong across the whole house, including rooms that used to be dead zones. Devices connect quickly and stay connected, and even with multiple 4K streams, online gaming, and a bunch of smart home devices, everything stays smooth. Latency is noticeably lower and large downloads finish much faster compared to my older router. I also appreciate little touches like the ability to easily see which devices are connected and put limits or priorities on them. The hardware feels solid and runs surprisingly cool for how powerful it is. It’s definitely not the cheapest router out there, but if you have a lot of devices or fast internet and want to actually use all of that speed reliably, this is worth it.

Great router, way more powerful wifi signal than my replaced Asus ROG BE98. Only issue was the IoT network is flakey, but just setting up a guest network with the same SSID and credentials, then deactivated the IoT broadcast, fixed all issues and I'm never seeing a single drop out any more.

This is a very fast, easy to setup router. Can be set up with a cellphone app. However, for true versatility you should use your PC. I don't use the default IP scheme (192.168..) I think doing so in any router is a potential security issues. There is one thing I did not like,the touch screen. Not a true touch screeen, its just a swipe screen between 4 display pages. Poorly responsive. Three pages are somewhat relevent, data throughput number page, ping page, and CPU, Memory usage. In my setup I used the 2.5gps port on my XB8 cable modem to feed into the 10gps Ethernet input of the BE24000. Which I use the one 10gps output to feed my 2.5gps swith with a SFP+ port with a 10gps more module via heavy Cat 8 cable. 2331mps downloads and 330 mps uploads ( which is more a function of the modem ). A 2.5gps port from the switch feeds into my PC's 10gps Ethernet port. An expensive router, but at a reasonable sale price if you consider its performance.

I am so done with this piece of work. I have used it for a little under a month and have had the worst time just trying to keep a stable internet connection (not wifi signal) to my phone or any wireless device. Periodically, internet drops and returns DNS_PROBE_STARTED, so I assigned the router and my device to the Google DNS. This did not resolve the issue. Thought maybe it could be an IP lease time issue so I increased the IP lease time to around 2 weeks of hours as a test. This did not resolve the issue. I finally gave up and just accepted that my $700 router would just not perform as well as my comcast loaned equipment, but then the fun began. I purchased a Netgear Nighthawk 2.5g modem to use thinking that maybe comcast was the problem since I was using the rented router/modem in bridge mode and the royter flat out refused to take internet from the modem despite ensuring the right RJ45 port was selected in the router's http software. FINALLY I factory reset the device, and whoa, what do you know? Everything works! Awesome! The IoT devices weren't picking it up automatically despite ensuring the settings were correct, but I would get around to fixing those eventually. 2 weeks later, the IoT devices began connecting and working like normal. Awesome! Except for the fact that now my DNS issue has returned. I firmware update (as of 5/1/23) and... No dice. "Ok, maybe this has something to do with QoS" I think. "Maybe I need to enable an IoT wireless network because the router specifically handles that traffic differently!" I switch all of my IoT devices to the new IoT network that you can deploy within the settings and STILL the issue persists. All this to say, if you use IoT devices, this router will cause you endless frustration where other, much simpler devices will just work. Maybe one day they'll drop firmware that makes the router work as intended, but all its current users are the beta testers. You pay $700 for an unfinished wireless standard supported device that you get to beta test for TP-Link.

My rating is 4 stars, for now. I'll get into my reasons further down. First my criteria for choosing the TPLink Archer router. 1. Repalce ATT fiber Nokia BGW320-505 ONT with an actual router. (Bypassing my ISP hardware with my own) 2. It must have multiple 10GB SFP+ & Eth ports. (More on this, later) TPLink is somewhat limited here vs Protectli Vault. 3. I wanted a device with better wifi capabilities built into it compared to the ATT ONT. (This overshadows the Protectcli Vault imo) The TPLink Archer met my overall criteria for the most part. Primarily becasue I didn't have to comprimse too much in any one place. Positives: 1. After careful consideration, this offered more 10GB ports albiet one less than I wanted but with the wifi performance it is more of a bargin than a Protectli Vault. 2. After programming my SFP+ ONT (ODI) stick, I was surprised to find out the fiber bypass worked so quickly. I was skeptical this router would not work with my desired plan. (With a caveat or two, see negatives) 3. The softwre is simple and user-friendly as is its layout. It is easy to navigate.(This is a positive and negative) 4. The Wifi menu is thorough and thoughtfully laid out. This was a breeze to setup. 5. Performance, both Ethernet and Wifi outperforms my ISP equipment. Wifi is at least a 30% increase with better range. 6. It does have an asthetically pleasing appearance, it is somewhat light-weight but it feels nice. 7. I couldn't care less about the touch-screen but it adds a certain flair. I suppose seeing the speeds, client connections and weather is kind of a trick addition I've never seen before. Negatives: 1. One 10GB SFP+, two 10GBE (rj45) ports, four 2.5GBE ports.(I would have preverferred two 10GB SFP+) and two-four 10GBE rj45 and two 2.5GBE rj45s. 2. The SFP+ and one 10GBE rj45 ports are linked meaning you cannot use both simultaneously. This cannot be reconfigured in the software, it is one or the other and this is disappointing because I wanted at least two (available/open 10GB ports) whether rj45 or sfp+. 3. The ports cannot be reconfigured inside the software. 4. The stupid guided novice-based software sure is not tech friendly, either. Meaning you have a limited scope in which to configure absolute control. 5. Some preconfigured items must be checked enabled/disabled to allow certain advanced options to become available. Again, not tech focued on control but more novice guidance. 6. The removal of known technical nomenclature have been replaced with every day public jargon. Not once is 'WAN' mentioned and I struggled to determine what the interface was referring to when attempting to configure my WAN port and setup a VLAN. This was especially frustrating. 7. Lack of total customaization vs a PFSense setup. 8. Compared to the Protectcli and a PFSense, the ports are hard-coded for specific use, the user is unable to fully take advantage and configure the ports individually as desired. 9. Router modes. I'm confused by this. In days of old, routers would be routers regardless of a mode, you would have wifi configured or not, regardless it had antennas and the hardware to support wifi. I find this to be useless and quite frankly a waste of time because the router must be in one or the other mode. If in wifi only (access point) mode, you cannot access any actual routing features. Why? 10. The reboot times, 5 minutes. One may look at the negatives and think I made the wrong choice. The fact this is working with the fiber bypass and I have a 10GBE uplink to my 10GB switch with having better wifi coverage and performance is really all I was after. Because I was able to reach my goal and desired setup and coming in at $300 less than a custom built router, I'm happy for now. But because the lacking advanced software features, I still would prefer to have a custom router running PFSense and have a 10GBSFP+ uplink wan and a 10GBSFP+ lan fiber connections and do away entirely with copper.